02/05/2023
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Our sugar consumption has gone up 100x in the last 100 years (mostly due to ultra processed foods). And itâs not just sugar in the form of candy and cakes. Itâs IN our food.
Added sugar (which didnât exist 100 yrs ago) is in nearly all processed foods today. Pre-made sauces, frozen meals, salad dressings, ketchup, yogurt, nut butters, jams, soups, packaged fruit, specialty coffees, and the list goes onâŠ
Processed foods now make up 60-70% of the average person's diet.
Highly processed grains (which again, are new to humans in the past 100 yrs) are the PRIMARY ingredient in processed foods. And since the processing takes the fibre out of the grain, the grain turns into sugar and becomes very unhealthy in the body.
When you continually flood your body with too much sugar too quickly, your blood sugar goes up - this is referred to as a glucose spike. And to put it bluntly as says, âthe more glucose spikes you have, the faster you die.â
Yes, processed foods ate delicious. Yes, I understand theyâre convenient. But AT WHAT COST?
These foods are designed to hammer at your hunger signals and keep you in cycle of disempowerment.
They zap you of your energy, you become more depressed, more anxious, less capable of dealing with stress AND all of this makes you less motivated to make the changes you need to make.
And the worst part - we turn to these addictive foods bc they give us temporary relief from our pain - a dopamine hit.
It is all by design.
This is not living a full life.
BUT when you have energy, when you are strong, when youâre feeling positive, motivated and empowered, the sky's the limit for your life. And it all starts with food.đđđđ„Šđ„đłđ„©đ„
So Iâll leave it to you - the increase in both disease & our consumption of processed foods over the last 50 yrs - correlated or coincidence? Lmk what you think đ
